The Forested Path (and Beyond): BUTTERFLIES of RAUB: July 2015

Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Common Lascar, Pantoporia hordonia hordonia (Stoll)

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2014
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
			S1S2	S1S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S2

Some ID keys:

-FW grey inner line wider than orange line. 'foot' of FW postdiscal band shorter; HW speculum smaller & grey

Above photos 17 May 2014 @ 10:21

13:05

13:10

13:10
Above pictures 03 June 2016

Hasora quadripunctata gnaeus (Plötz)

Closely ressembles H. badra but can be differentiated by the larger white spot on the HW cell and has a larger appearance. On certain angle of the light, its has more purple sheen than H. badra (see pix). It is rarer than H. badra and is confined to deep forests. In the male, the subapical spot is missing (see pix below).

H. quadripunctata (male)

H. badra badra (Moore)

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S2(F)

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
						S2

Above photos 25 July 2015 @ 15:40

26 April 2015 @ 12:56 (S2)

Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Common Mime, Papilio (Chilasa) clytia clytia (L.)

This is a butterfly of the open land, frequenting parks and gardens and even roadsides. However, it is not very common in Raub but can be occasionally seen near its foodplant, the Wild Cinnamon, Cinnamomum iners, which are planted as a decorative plant in public areas.

Habitat indicator